The Grenada gazette., 1887-10-01
RAISING CALVES.

RAISING CALVES.
early Maturity the Result Of TntclIigen
Feeding sud GSSd Care.
As many farmers want the milk ol
their cows for making butter and
cheese. they can not afford to raise
the calves on it, and by using combina.
tions with other foods they can grow
them with less expense II the milk
Of the dairy is made into cheese, then
the whey may be prodtably fed to
calves. provided it is mixed with other
food that will supply what has been
taken from the milk in making cheese
Whey is simply the sugar Of milk, and
10 very important element of food,
but should no more be fed alone to
calves or hogs than sugar should be
the diet Of man. Whey, before it un.
dergoes too much fermentation, is a
valuable fattcning food. possessing the
elements of fat in a soluble and digesti.
BILE conditions; but as fat is only one con-
stituent Of the animal body. life and
growth can not be supported for any
considerable length of time upon
food that lays on only fat Muscle.
forming food should be mixed with
the whey to compensate for the cheese
that has been taken from it This
may be found in oil meal. oat, barley.
or pea peal, or wheat middlings. Oil
meal is one of the best foods TO mix
with whey. as it possesses twenty-five
per cent of muscle-for1ning food with
ten per cent of oil, and is rich in bone.
building elements. Pea meal is very
similar, except its lack Of oil The
former is laxative and the latter
constipating food, and, therefore, they
are excellent to feed together. The
pea meal should be cooked to
render it easily digested. and
oil meal should he dissolved in
hot water before mixing with the
whey. Wheat mlddlings should also
be cooked before mixing with whey. tc
produce the best result. The feeder
should begin with only two tablespoon.
fuls of oil meal per day, to calf but
may use more Of the other additiona,
foods. After the calf is q month old,
then use four ounces Of oil meal and
the same quantity of pea meal or mid.
dlings per gallon Of whey. and have all
well mixed together when given to the
calf. Upon this diet and grass, we
have raised very fine calves-heifers
that would weigh four hundred pounds
at six months, and by keeping them
we'll afterwards, would weigh as much
as common COW and come in at two
years old. Such heifers are worth
fifty dollars at two years old, while
thosu kept Oil the pinch aud starve
system are not worth half the money.
If the milk is made into butter, the II
skinned milk can be fed to the
calves, which is much more valuable
than whey. Skinned milk is only de-
prived of its oil. and yet contains its
most valuable element as food--the
ca'ein or cheese to lay on muscle, and
the phosphate of lime to form the
bones and frame of the calf. 1t also
contains the whey, and is, therefore,
almost perfect food for the young
animal. Judicious feeding with skim.
med milk will raise calf with fine de.
velopment Of frame and muscle, even
better than food of greater fattenine
quality. If the quantity Of milk is
small, use q little oil meal or wheat
with it; the latter Is excel.
lent for that purpose, and is generally
the cheapest. Corn meal, unless thor.
oughly cooked, should not be fed tc
calves, as it usually produces scours.
Farmers are apt to be too careless
about raising good stock-begrudge a
small extra expense in food and care,
and thus have animals not worth even
what they cost Twenty to thirty per
cent. added to ordinary food and care
will double the value Of the young
animal. and this slight additional cost
will produce profit on the whole cx'
penditure. One-third added to the
weight of an animal increases the
value Of It's whole weight fifty per cent.
1n account of quality. Farmers must
strive for early maturity Of their ami.
mails. and this can only be accom-.
plished by intelligent feeding and
good care. - Nat, onGl Lite Stock
Journal.